Author Question: In the 1870s and 1880s, Americans who challenged the power of government and big business ... (Read 58 times)

vicky · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

In the end, Populism was primarily a(n) __________.

A) elite movement
B) rural movement
C) urban phenomenon
D) East Coast phenomenon

Question 2

What was the aim of the Populists?

A) to unite all laborers
B) to organize craft unions
C) to overthrow the U.S. government
D) to abolish private property

Question 3

By the early 1890s, critics of the new industrial and agribusiness order had formed a new political group known as the ______________.

A) Knights of Labor
B) Farmers Alliance
C) Populists
D) Grange

Question 4

In the 1870s and 1880s, Americans who challenged the power of government and big business __________.

A) had a unified mission and goals
B) were mostly from the upper classes
C) all agreed on the need to abolish private property
D) took a wide variety of approaches to the problem